Assessment is an integral part of our development as teachers and mentors, and it can also track the impact of curricular changes, and improve our courses and the experiences of our students. Since there is not a one-size-fits-all approach when… Read More »Assessment Strategies
Since summer grants for the Faculty Scholarship and Development Committee (FDSC) and the Muhlenberg Center for Teaching and Learning (MCTL) are typically due in late-January or early-February, this New Faculty Orientation (NFO) session offered an opportunity for new faculty to… Read More »Preparing for a productive summer
For the past two years, I have offered an extra credit opportunity for my students to engage in a “technology challenge”. Most students have participated in this challenge, and those who participated submitted thoughtful reflections of the changes they implemented.… Read More »Technology Challenge
New Faculty Orientation (NFO) Session October 27, 3:30-4:30 pm Tips and Strategies: From Holly Cate: This idea isn’t a new one by any means – it was part of Brooke Vick’s terrific Inclusive Pedagogy workshop. I feel like one of… Read More »Facilitating Difficult Conversations in the classroom
Making Decisions: A Conversation About Balancing Teaching, Scholarship and Service New Faculty Orientation (NFO) Session February, 25, 2021 Prompts for Discussion in Breakout Rooms: First Breakout Room Session (15 minutes) Share one tip or strategy you have used to attempt… Read More »Making Decisions: A Conversation About Balancing Teaching, Scholarship and Service
First-year seminars have an epistemological focus that engages students in seeing the questions implicit in texts, acquiring metacognitive awareness, and using writing as a form of thinking and invention (i.e. how to have ideas). focus on analytical writing—an understanding of… Read More »Guidelines & Best Practices for Teaching First-Year Seminars
The purpose of this document is to establish some common guidelines to enable First-Year Seminar (FYS) Professors and their Writing Assistants (WA) to collaborate most productively. Every WA has some specified duties, primarily meeting one-on-one with students in the FYS,… Read More »First-Year Seminar Professors & Writing Assistants: A User’s Guide
Promising practices promoting inclusion and belonging Fall 2020 COURSE DESIGN Review your curricular materials for representation of diverse and underrepresented perspectives, inclusive of difference in racial, ethnic, gender, sexuality, ability, class, cultural, and faith identities as applicable. Be mindful of… Read More »Inclusive & Anti-Racist Pedagogy
What’s going well in the class (that is, what is helping you learn, make the course interesting, etc.) What in the class could stand improvement (that is, what is too hard, what is confusing, what is boring about the class… Read More »Mid-semester evaluation
I usually allow twice as much space for answers. This is a condensed list of questions for colleagues to see. 1. List 3 things you have learned in this class so far. 2. What are you looking forward to learning… Read More »Mid-semester evaluation
